About this role
The Operations Manager plans, directs, and manages a manufacturing value stream from printing through finishing to achieve plant and division objectives. This role drives safety, quality, productivity, and delivery performance while meeting financial goals (EBITDA and cash targets) through continuous improvement and operational oversight.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage manufacturing value stream from printing through finishing
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce waste and improve productivity
- Optimize inventory turns and reduce aged board inventory to meet cash targets
- Ensure safety, environmental, working conditions, and cleanliness standards are met or exceeded
- Lead maintenance programs including preventative maintenance and reliability programs
Technical Overview
Technical scope centers on manufacturing operations execution across printing and finishing, including value-stream management, continuous improvement, and maintenance/reliability program planning (preventative maintenance and reliability programs). The role also emphasizes quality improvement processes to reduce customer complaints and ensure consistent achievement of customer specifications.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an operations leader who has managed a manufacturing value stream end-to-end from printing through finishing, with strong focus on safety, quality, productivity, and delivery. They are experienced driving continuous improvement to reduce waste, improve labor efficiency, optimize inventory turns and aged inventory, and lead maintenance and reliability programs to meet operational goals.
Must-Have Skills
planningdirecting and managing a manufacturing value stream from printing through finishingdirect the safe manufacture of products through the value streamimprove productivity and decrease waste through continuous improvement initiativesdirect management team to ensure productivity targets are monitored and achievedmeet or exceed environmentalsafetyworking conditions and cleanliness standards
Nice-to-Have Skills
Openness to relocate
Required Skills
operations managementmanufacturing value streamprintingfinishingcontinuous improvementEBITDAcash targetslabor efficiencyinventory turnsVoice of Customerpreventive maintenancereliability programson-time deliverysafety and environmental standards
Hard Skills
planningdirecting and managing a manufacturing value streamsafe manufacture of products through the value streamEBITDA targets managementcash targets managementcontinuous improvement initiativeswaste reduction identification and implementationproductivity improvementlabor efficiency optimizationstaffing and overtime managementinventory turns optimizationreduce aged board inventoryVoice of Customer initiativeson-time delivery targetsonboarding of new business and transfer businessmeeting customer specificationsenvironmental standards oversightsafety standards oversightworking conditions oversightcleanliness standards oversightquality improvement processesreduce customer complaintsdirect management team to monitor productivity targetsmaintenance program planning and implementationpreventative maintenance programsreliability programsmanage spending against budget
Soft Skills
leadership of management teamstrategic thinkingcross-functional executionfocus on customer satisfactionability to relocate (preferred)oversight and accountability
Keywords for Your Resume
Operations Managerplanningdirecting and managingmanufacturing value streamprintingfinishingEBITDACash Targetscontinuous improvement initiativesdecrease wastelabor efficiencystaffingovertimeinventory turnsaged board inventoryVoice of Customer initiativeson-time deliveryonboarding of new and transfer businesscustomer specificationsenvironmentalsafetyworking conditionscleanlinessqualitycustomer complaintsmaintenance programspreventative maintenancereliability programsbudgetcontinuous improvement
Deal Breakers
Must have experience planning, directing and managing a manufacturing value stream from printing through finishing, Must be able to drive safe manufacturing and meet environmental and safety standards
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